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Subj: rules for July 17
From: Jeff Alexander <jwa0@earthlink.net>

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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:20:38 PDT
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>From: RobinOfC@aol.com
>Subject: Kind of a retro question
>
>sorry to break into the Lion is Cheese / Wind's Truth is broken / Sepulcher
>sucks discussions ( all of the above opinions I disagree with, I might add),
>but I had a question on a really old card most people have never seen played
>come up, and was wondering whether anyone knew the answer?
>    Does Agasha Koishi have to be at the battle in order to raise a
>Province's Strength during the Battle Action pahse?
>
>   Agasha Koishi - Dragon Clan Shugenja -  1F / 3C - 0HR / 6G / 2PH
>   Open: Bow to reduce the Province Strength of one of your Provinces by
>three until the end of your next turn. This reduction must target a Province
>at which a battle has not been resolved this turn, and cannot target a
>Province with a strength less than three. Increases the Province strength of
>one of your other Provinces by three until the end of your next turn.
>
>    I was playing it like it was a Castle of Water, until one of my
>opponents
>reminded me that Castle of Water specifically stated that the unit doesn't
>have to be at the battle, whereas, Agasha Koishi makes no such disticntion.

     From the FAQ:

] There are two conditions every Open and Battle Action has to satisfy:
]
] 1) You must either have a unit currently in that battle, or else be using an
] action which will give you a unit there or which says it can be used without
] units.
]
] 2) The action must be relevant. It has to come from, target, or affect
] something in the battle or on the Province (or the battle or the Province
] itself), or else move something into the battle.

     The net result is this:  if you're raising the strength of the
current Province, Koishi himself does not have to be present to
satisfy rule #1, but you still need *someone* there -- maybe Koishi,
maybe someone else, it doesn't matter -- to satisfy rule #2.

;;;;;

>From: Cathy Buksar <chouse@laf.cioe.com>
>Subject: 2 Rules questions before Gencon
>
>#1.  We have a player using the old Shadowlands stronghold (Yogo Junzo's
>Army) who wants to start with the Shoju Sensei card.  Legit?  Mind you,
>Shadowlands is expressly permitted on the sensei card, but look at the
>official text of how the sensei cards work:

     Dave has told me repeatedly it's legal.  I'm still not completely
clear on why, as I don't physically have an Honor Bound rulebook.

>#2.  Is there an official interpretation of this part of the Shiba-Phoenix
>stronghold:
>
>Eternal Halls of the Shiba, strongholds, F, Dark Journey Home
>     Reaction: Immediately after you put a Kiho in your discard pile after
>its use, put the Kiho back into your hand, then discard one card from your
>hand. You cannot use this ability twice with the same Kiho or twice on the
>same turn.
>
>So, should this be interpreted that if the Phoenix plays 2 "Flee the
>Darkness" in diferent turns, that both may be returned to their hand
>immediately after use?  Meaning, does the restriction that "You can't use
>this ability twice with the same Kiho" mean "the same named Kiho" or does
>it mean "the same physical card."

     The physical card.  This is in the FAQ.


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